quote:Originally posted by Beans15If it is that important to people to have a "status" on the site, perhaps we can have a voting system.

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few months working out the logistics of an idea for a PickUpHockey Hall of Fame, have been corresponding with the admin, and finally have come up with a system which will serve to honour those who truly deserve recognition for their contribution. Hopefully we can satisfy the craving for a ‘status’ on the website.

Purpose:To recognize those members that do an exceptional service to us all and make the forums enjoyable, interesting and educational.

The way it works: Every three months, a new member will be added to the Hall of Fame. Using the criteria I have come up with, you will e-mail in your nominations based on the list provided for that ‘term.’ This is not a forum to inflate post-count nor is it a popularity contest; any vote posted in this thread will be disqualified. At the end of the term, I post the new member of the Hall of Fame and release the list of members eligible for next term.

Criteria for nomination:-Member for at least two years (ensures they are a recognized personality on this website)-Minimum of 500 posts (ensures they have been here a reasonable amount of time)-Average of 6 posts per day or less (ensures they aren’t a ‘posting-maniac’)

(By the by, I spent about three days just researching the profiles of every registered member – all 4899 of them – and made a spreadsheet of all those eligible, and all those nearing eligibility.)

Caution:Before you ask: when I told the admin of my idea, he had this to say:

quote: Your Hall of Fame idea sounds interesting and I don’t mind it at all. But I’ll leave it up to you. You know the basic site guidelines so I trust that you’ll follow them. For the record though, do not interpret this as our approval, or that the site is sanctioning it. It’s still your baby.

He told me that the only potential problem with such a thing is that it could be deemed as ‘elitist.’ Therefore I implore you not to give this a head of its own; on average, this thread should be see no more than 5 posts in it per month.

We aren’t looking to hold some members on a higher pedestal than others, only recognize those that contribute to making PickUpHockey the best hockey forum on the internet. I ask that you do not look at post count as a determining factor, it is merely a guideline. When voting, maybe look at the recent posts of the person you are voting for to make sure you aren’t turning this into a ‘who has the most posts’ contest.

I’ll leave this open for now so you can voice your opinions. Tell me if you think the criteria is fair and any other suggestions you may have. Later today I will release the list of eligible members for the ‘first term!’

This is a great idea as long as everyone respects it and treats it responsibly. If the admin is fine with it, I would hope no one comes out and says ''this has nothing do with hockey...'' etc, etc.

At 1 member every three months, we aren't pumping our post count by commenting in this thread. I like the idea and I hope it works well. I'm excited to send in my vote!

Also, I think that this may be a good way to honour members like, for example, IHC and Antro, who always post quality and generate great responses, but don't neccesarily have the highest post count out there.

quote:Originally posted by Beans15If it is that important to people to have a "status" on the site, perhaps we can have a voting system.

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few months working out the logistics of an idea for a PickUpHockey Hall of Fame, have been corresponding with the admin, and finally have come up with a system which will serve to honour those who truly deserve recognition for their contribution. Hopefully we can satisfy the craving for a ‘status’ on the website.

Purpose:To recognize those members that do an exceptional service to us all and make the forums enjoyable, interesting and educational.

The way it works: Every three months, a new member will be added to the Hall of Fame. Using the criteria I have come up with, you will e-mail in your nominations based on the list provided for that ‘term.’ This is not a forum to inflate post-count nor is it a popularity contest; any vote posted in this thread will be disqualified. At the end of the term, I post the new member of the Hall of Fame and release the list of members eligible for next term.

Criteria for nomination:-Member for at least two years (ensures they are a recognized personality on this website)-Minimum of 500 posts (ensures they have been here a reasonable amount of time)-Average of 6 posts per day or less (ensures they aren’t a ‘posting-maniac’)

(By the by, I spent about three days just researching the profiles of every registered member – all 4899 of them – and made a spreadsheet of all those eligible, and all those nearing eligibility.)

Caution:Before you ask: when I told the admin of my idea, he had this to say:

quote: Your Hall of Fame idea sounds interesting and I don’t mind it at all. But I’ll leave it up to you. You know the basic site guidelines so I trust that you’ll follow them. For the record though, do not interpret this as our approval, or that the site is sanctioning it. It’s still your baby.

He told me that the only potential problem with such a thing is that it could be deemed as ‘elitist.’ Therefore I implore you not to give this a head of its own; on average, this thread should be see no more than 5 posts in it per month.

We aren’t looking to hold some members on a higher pedestal than others, only recognize those that contribute to making PickUpHockey the best hockey forum on the internet. I ask that you do not look at post count as a determining factor, it is merely a guideline. When voting, maybe look at the recent posts of the person you are voting for to make sure you aren’t turning this into a ‘who has the most posts’ contest.

I’ll leave this open for now so you can voice your opinions. Tell me if you think the criteria is fair and any other suggestions you may have. On August 1st I will release the list of eligible members for the ‘first term!’

Great Idea Alex. This should shut up all those people who keep on bashing members such as yourself. And a good idea with a new member every three months. Means 4 members are put into the hall of fame a year. Sounds reasonable. Again, great idea Alex. Another reason why you'll be in that hall of fame.

Great Idea Alex. This should shut up all those people who keep on bashing members such as yourself. And a good idea with a new member every three months. Means 4 members are put into the hall of fame a year. Sounds reasonable. Again, great idea Alex. Another reason why you'll be in that hall of fame.

When the going gets tough....the tough get going!

i'm not bashing anyone i'm just refering so please dont take this the wrong way anyone but isn't alex not eligiable to be nominated to the HOF due to the fact he has been a member less than 2 years or did i mis read that requirment?? not to mention avg posts per day is well over 6 ,,,, i think maybe this criteria should be adjusted or you require like 2 of the 3 because i agree alex does deserve to be in the HOF but if he has to meet this criteria we would have to ask him to stop posting??? doesn;t make sense to me....

Just one quick suggestion. The members that should vote should be recognized members that also contribute wealth to the site. I dont think just anybody should be able to vote. Its not fair to the members and especially the nominees. This would just greaten the likely hood of the right people being inducted. If somebody has been on the site for a short period of time they do not know the people on the site as well as long serving members.

Thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate it! LRP I considered your idea when I first started planning, but determining who can vote is extremely elitist and would tip the scales on this one, thus probably making it against a forum rule or the spirit thereof. As such, voting is open to everyone for the time being. And Pasty, you are correct, I am not eligible for the HOF until my posts per day goes down and I feel that is fair.

From this point forward I kindly ask that members who have suggestions e-mail me, and refrain from postiing in this thread. Let's keep this forum clean and organized and as minimally cluttered as possible. So it is without further ado that I present to you the nominees as per the set criteria for the first term of the Pickup Hockey Hall of Fame (I'm using years to determine length of time on the site, not months, otherwise we would only have two options for this ballot):

Please e-mail me your votes (only vote for 1 member.) On October 1st, 2008 we will induct our first member into the PickupHockey Hall of Fame. The annual dates for inauguration will be the first of January, April, July and October. Enjoy, and vote responsibly!

I haven't bothered to check if Paintrain is correct, but if he is... then please re-post the updated correction with the accurate inclusion. It is the right thing to do. Anyone and everyone who fits the criteria only should be listed.

Secondarily, if the "2 year" criterion is set, then it need not be forgiven for even the first go-around. It concerns me that down the road other criteria will then be forgiven. So what if only 3 members are considered this time around. Maybe those three should all be charter members of the Pickup Hall now, and then we will start the voting in Jan. 2009.

Bottom line: please only list those that satisfy the criteria hard and fast. You haven't even begun, and yet you are already "forgiving" certain criteria. Slow down, Alex. If you are in it for the long hall (pun intended), then you should be okay with doing things right every step of the way starting now, right?

PainTrain: andyhack joined this website on March 1st, 2007. The cutoff for this term was December 31st, 2006.

Pickles: I get where you are coming from. At first, I wanted to make it in 2008, you can only be eligible if you joined in 2006 or earlier. In 2009, you can only be eligible if you joined in 2007 or earlier. I thought that people would have a problem with that, so I changed it to months. However, for the first go at it, I left it the original way, since that is how I conceptualized it when I created it, and it was the only logical way to make this work. If only 2 members were on the first ballot, this would lose attention pretty darn fast. You may notice I purposely started it at a slow time, because that way the regulars get the first stab at it. However, there are only so many of those ''regulars'' and we can't wait three months for a vote that takes two weeks. I hope you understand, and as of now I ask everyone to please follow the rules and send e-mails when you have a suggestion. Thanks guys!

However, with all due respect, I think you are being a tad ''self-righteous'' with this one. I'm referring to the ''maximum 6 posts per day rule''. Allow me to explain.

1) It only applies to you.2) You say it was built to field ''posting maniacs'' yet in the same breath you say that people shouldn't use post count as an indicator, rather post value. If you truly believed that, you wouldn't need posts per day as a measue, because you'd leave the quality of the posts as the part that is left up to voting.

Let's call a spade a spade please boys. We all know Alex deserves a spot in this HOF. He writes wonderful pieces, has the most posts in site history, and is a fun, colourful and extremely dedicated member. I think Alex you're trying to shake the image you have as a posting maniac, which has been forgotten already, especially to ''new generation'' posters. My advice would be to stop being so humble and remove the posts-per day rule. Others have voiced the same opinions.

Hey guys. Just want to let you know you have limited time to vote for this term's induction into the PickupHockey Hall of Fame (10 days.) I will be announcing the first and newest member of the Hall of Fame on September 29, if not the 28th, seeing as I will be away thereafter for an extended period of time. It should not make any difference in the vote.

At that time I will also be publishing the list of eligible candidates for next term. Cheers!

Hey guys. Just want to let you know you have limited time to vote for this term's induction into the PickupHockey Hall of Fame (10 days.) I will be announcing the first and newest member of the Hall of Fame on September 29, if not the 28th, seeing as I will be away thereafter for an extended period of time. It should not make any difference in the vote.

At that time I will also be publishing the list of eligible candidates for next term. Cheers!

-Alex

Make sure to cast your votes in the PickUpHockey Hall of Fame

Is that like "new and improved"? It's one or the other isn't it? Just a tip for your future writing career, avoid redundant statements. Sorry Alex, I couldn't help myself.

OK guys, I know this is about half an hour early from the date I set to announce the big news, but seeing as I have hockey early tomorrow and then I'm going campaigning (Harper 08! Woot!) I thought I'd throw this out a tad early. Most people will be uploading pools over the weekend and so this way a lot more people will get to see the news.

And so, with that in mind, I give you the first member of the much esteemed PickUpHockey Hall of Fame.

This person has been the heart and soul of our website from its inception. This guy works tirelessly behind the scenecs, but also does his fair share of work out in the limelight, and we love him for it. With no further adieu, I'd like to congratulate ADMIN on being the first inductee into the HOF.

Ladies and gents, no surprise there. As Beans put it: ''without him we'd all be talking hockey elsewhere.'' Take a moment to congratulate him on this and thank him for all he does. He deserves it!

Here is the list of eligible candidates for the second term:

BablaboushkaBeans15Willus_3LeighMikhailova

Just a reminder for the newbies that you can send me an e-mail through this website to cast your votes. Vote responsibly, and vote Conservative! (Whoops, wrong speech ) Peace guys!

quote: Keep my seat warm for me Admin, I will be in the Hall myself one day!

(Just look at the previous post)

Ladies and gents, I give you our newest member: Beans15! A much deserved win, as he is a big contributor to our site, with a ton of knowledge and insight, plus of course his moderating duties to boot.

That means our two members as of now are:AdminBeans

Who will be third? I lost internet on the computer with my spreadsheet on it for the guys eligible for next term, but look for the candidate list to be posted within a week. Come out and vote, and again, congrats Beans!

Wow. You're actually making a hall of fame for the users of this site? Whoever posts the most "Greatest Player Ever" posts wins?

Actually thats a seperate hall.....it's going to be opened right after the "Guest Posters That Want to Seem Witty, but Get Lost in the Guest Poster Shuffle Hall of Fame"...... it should fill up pretty quick you think?

Edited by - fat_elvis_rocked on 03/04/2009 13:17:56

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Posted - 03/04/2009 : 14:27:22

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Actually thats a seperate hall.....it's going to be opened right after the "Guest Posters That Want to Seem Witty, but Get Lost in the Guest Poster Shuffle Hall of Fame"...... it should fill up pretty quick you think?

I don't think you guys understand. On Wednesday I'm supposed to announce our winner, and there is still a tie for first! Get your e-mail in! At this point in the race, you could literally decide personally who gets in and who waits!